Road to Selection Sunday: Preseason Field of 68 Projection Says Gophers Should Be Nowhere Near the Bubble

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Richard Pitino and his daughter were all smiles when they found out that GopherHole’s SelectionSunday projects the U will be in the NCAA Tournament this year! ROAD LESS TRAVELED, MINN. — Surprise, surprise, surprise (insert your best Jim Nabors impersonation here)! The Minnesota Gophers men’s basketball program, whose mere mention over the years seemingly has become […] READ MORE



Road to Selection Sunday: Big Blue Sits Atop RTSS Preseason Rankings

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Slick Cal gave a thumbs up when he learned his Wildcats debut in the top slot of GopherHole’s Road to Selection Sunday Top 25. Welcome to another season of college basketball. Who’s ready? I know I am.  We’ll get things started for the 2014-15 season with the RTSS preseason rankings. We could attempt to get […] READ MORE





Jonathan Nwankwo Commits To Gophers!! Breaks News On GopherHole!!

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The Gophers added a big piece to the 2015 basketball recruiting class with the commitment of 6-9, 245lb big man, Jonathan Nwankwo. Nwankwo, who has been posting on GopherHole’s message boards and putting pictures up throughout his official visit this weekend posted this on Friday night:   “I wanted you guys to know before anyone […] READ MORE


Q&A: Tyler Johnson Enters Junior Season With Gophers and Others In Pursuit

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Tyler Johnson, a 6-foot-2 junior guard from Minneapolis (MN) North, is one of the state’s top two-sport athletes.   Johnson averaged 19.6 points per game last season as he helped lead the Polars to a 19-11 mark, losing to Marantha 67-65 in the Section 4A finals. He scored in double figures in 29 of 30 […] READ MORE